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Synthesis and Characterization of Functionalized Metal-organic Frameworks
Published on: September 5, 2014
A family of mixed-lanthanide metal-organic framework thermometers in a wide temperature range
Yang Yang1, Haipeng Huang, Yingzhe Wang
1Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metals Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province and State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China. liuws@lzu.edu.cn.
Abstract:
By choosing 2-pyridin-4-yl-4,5-imidazoledicarboxylic acid (H3PIDC) as the first ligand and sodium oxalate (OX) as the ancillary ligand, a series of mixed-lanthanide metal-organic frameworks (M'LnMOFs) [Tb1-xEux(HPIDC)(ox)1/2H2O]·3H2O (x = 0 1, 0.01 2a, 0.03 2b, 0.05 2c, 0.08 2d, 0.1 2e, 0.3 2f, 0.5 2g, 1 3) have been successfully synthesized via hydrothermal reactions. 2a-2f can serve as ratiometric luminescent sensors for detecting temperature. In this co-doped system, 2d shows an excellent linear response relationship with temperature from 303 to 473 K and exhibits a maximum relative sensitivity (Sr) of 0.60% K-1 at 473 K. Furthermore, powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) experiments indicate that 2d has excellent chemical stability under simulated physiological conditions and alkali-acid solutions with pH ranging from 4 to 11, which makes it suitable to be applied in the physiological environment.
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